Praxis 2014 - Project Work and Internship: impacts on labour market and society
Internship: an added value for
internationally recognised
qualifications in the field
of metalworking
Dr. Eng. Luca Costa
IIS Progress, Italy
luca.costa@iisprogress.it
Genoa (I), 26/09/2014
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Significance of Welding and joining
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Welding is used by preference in the
industrial sectors which manufacture
products made of weldable
(metallic and non metallic)
materials.
Welding frequently plays an essential
role in product design and
constitutes an essential al step in the
value added at the manufacturing
companies.
Welding and joining are important
economic factors during
manufacturing of technical products
and also often represents the only
possible way to manufacture large
parts.
Proportion of added value due to welding in
mechanical and apparatus engineering (IIW, 2012)
Value added in 2007 in Europe in wedling
(Reproduced courtesy: DVS)
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Welding fabrication - examples
Kashagan Project – Agip KCO
MOSE - Venice
ENI - EST Project
New York - Oculus Project
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ITER
All seas Project
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The role of personnel in welding fabrication
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Welding is a complex technology, involving
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Material metallurgy
Production systems
Quality management
Design
Since welding has been considered a
science, qualification and experience (i.e.
competence) of personnel started playing a
significant role:
– Welding coordinators
– Welding inspectors
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In consideration of the importance of the
industrial experience, several welding
institutes were founded in Europe:
– IIS started running post graduate courses
in 1951
– Internship was already considered as a key
part of the training
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Why internship in IIS Training?
• The Italian Institute of Welding (IIS) is a private non-profit agency,
founded in 1948 as an association of individuals and legal entities,
whose main tasks are: training, research, certification, troubleshooting,
and technical assistance in the field of welding
• IIS operates multiple services in the filed of welding and ealted activities,
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Education and training
Certification of personnel, ccompanied and products
Research and laboratory
Technical assistance, NDT and engineering services
Standardization, publications, media
• The turnover is aroun 28 Mln €, 220 employees (around 150 Enginers)
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The international system of qualification
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In 1978, an European Council for
Cooperation in Welding was created among
European welding institutes to develop
harmonized systems for the qualification of
personnel
In the 90’s the European qualifications system
was created by EWF (European federation for
joining, cutting and allied processes):
– European Welding Engineer (EWE);
– European welding Inspector – Engineer
(EWI-E).
In the 2000 years, the European system was
enlarged on the Intercontinental scale, having
the recognition of the IIW (international institute
of welding):
– International welding Engineer (IWE)
– International welding Inspector (IWI-C)
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The IIW network
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The international system of qualification
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The role of intenship in the qualification processes
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The qualification programs include a
compulsory practical part (120 hours),
to be possibly considered as internship:
– Demonstration and use of technologies
– Practical work on design of industrial
processes
– Industrial experiences
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Welding
industry
Other sectors
Just graduated
Origin of participants to IIS training coures
The industrial request of this qualified
personnel is enforced by standards,
resulting in a compulsory presence of
IWE and IWI in the welding industry:
– Industry (and standards) require
competence, not only qualification
– This lead to the development of
University master degree, being the
added value mainly the internship
Partnership with Italian universities: Ferrara, Bari,
L'Aquila, Genoa
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Master advanced welding engineering
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Training Partners:
– IIS (IIS Progress),
– Innovative Technologies for Environmental Control and
Sustainable Development Consortium (TICASS);
– Italian association for Robotics and automation (SIRI)
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Training partners
MAWE Master's course covers automation,
metallurgy and materials science, welding
processes, design and quality control.
Students that attend MAWE course and successfully
pass the evaluation process will receive both the
Master Diploma and the title of International
Welding Engineer.
Master duration is of 12 months, for a total of 1.500
hours:
– 500 hours of lectures;
– 680 hours of personal training and to the thesis
preparation;
– 300 hours of internship (stage / project work);
– 20 hours of monitoring and work orientation activities
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A wide sponsorship will ensure
internship opportunities
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